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20 May, 2026

I Say Robot, You Say Cobot
Let's call the whole thing automation ...

October 22, 2025 Buck Banks

Amazon’s going to replace 600,000 workers with robots,
‘Cause you don’t need brains or judgement to pack a box.
From a PR viewpoint the look’s not good,
So execs addressing the move always should
Emphasize the human collaboration and call them “cobots.”

Report: 800 Million Will Lose Jobs to Automation by 2030

November 30, 2017 Buck Banks

800 million

A new McKinsey study says massive government intervention “will be required to hold societies together against the ravages of labor disruption over the next 13 years. Up to 800 million people—including a third of the work force in the U.S. and Germany—will be made jobless by 2030,” Axios reports.

Tag: Automation

I Say Robot, You Say Cobot
Let's call the whole thing automation ...

Let's call the whole thing automation ...

Report: 800 Million Will Lose Jobs to Automation by 2030

800 million

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“My friend & Co-Chair gave his all in Kentucky! Trump is my President! Jesus is Lord! I look forward to a lifetime filled with joy, purpose, and gratitude. May God continue to bless America and the freedoms that make this nation the greatest.”

— Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) sucked up to President Trump, just hours after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) was defeated in a Republican primary and Trump threatened to oppose Boebert’s re-election as well.

— Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), quoted by CNBC, on the reported settlement proposal the Justice Department has with President Trump for his lawsuit against the IRS.

“Thank you for everything you’ve done for the country. To the folks at CBS, in the words of the great Ed Murrow: Good night, and good luck, motherf**kers.”

— David Letterman, quoted by CNN, speaking to Stephen Colbert as “The Late Show” ends its 33-year run on CBS.

Numerati

59%

A new Pew Research survey finds 59% of Americans say the country’s best years are behind us, while 40% say its best years are ahead.

3.8%

56%

352,000

“About 352,000 Russian soldiers had died in the war against Ukraine through the end of 2025, according to a new estimate, underscoring the high cost that President Vladimir V. Putin is willing to bear to pursue his battlefield aims,” the New York Times reports.

115,000